About Me
To make a long story short, I was born in 1965, in Ontario, Canada. I attended the University of Western Ontario and, in 1987, graduated with an honours degree in Theory and Composition. While at Western, I studied with Alan Heard and Gerhard Wuensch, and found many different influences from as early as the Medieval period. Various 20th-century techniques, including serialism, aleatoric, 12-tone, etc., didn't really interest me. Instead, my style tends to be a blend of Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Impressionist styles.
I've written for a wide variety of choirs, covering a range of styles and difficulty levels, and have received numerous commissions for choirs of various sizes and abilities.
I've been fortunate to have performances of my compositions given throughout Canada, and in the United States, Hungary, Holland, Lithuania, Finland, Norway, South Korea, England, Wales, Poland, and China.
Two of my choral works, "Brier" and "Sentinels of Glory", were declared competition winners in 2004. "Brier", the winner of the ACCC (Association of Canadian Choral Conductors) Associated Publishers Composition Competition, was published by Kelman Hall Publishing in the summer of 2004. Subsequent to these wins, I was admitted to the Canadian League of Composers.
I've been a Lecturer in the Don Wright Faculty of Music at the University of Western Ontario, and from 2004 to 2013, served as composer-in-residence for the Woodstock Fanshawe Singers. To top it off, I own and operate my own publishing company, Lighthouse Music Publications (www.lighthousemusicpublications.com) where you can find high quality choral works from international composers.
A piece for women's choir, piano and cello by Canadian composer Jeff Smallman. Text by E. Pauline Johnson. Published by Lighthouse Music Publications in both SSA & SATB versions.
A setting for women's choir of the Renaissance carol by Canadian composer Jeff Smallman. Available in both SSA and SATB versions from Lighthouse Music Publications.
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